[78] The Lordship of a manor I would scorn.—Ed. 1775.
[79] In place of the next eight lines, the edition of 1775 has the following:
"Let heaven's broad concave to the center ring,
And Imps from hell their swifter vengeance wing;
May heaven, if so the righteous judgment pass,
Change earth to steel, the sky to solid brass."
[80] Let hell-cats darting from some blackguard sphere.—Ed. 1786.
[81] This and the four following lines not found in the edition of 1775.
[82] It shows they think their freedom lies at stake.—Ed. 1775.
[83] In the original edition these two lines read as follows:
"Like Captain Cook to Southern islands stray,
And take new kings and kingdoms in my way."
[84] "Foreign clime."—Ed. 1775. "Negro clime."—Ed. 1786.
[85] This line, and the nine following, are not found in the edition of 1775.